Home-sharing platform Airbnb has announced plans to invest €5m (US$5.6m, £4.4m) into
a new Community Tourism Programme – a project designed to “use innovation to help
preserve and boost the best of local customs, traditions and landmarks that make
communities unique.”

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a shakeup of its
ministerial team, with Salisbury MP John Glen being handed the role of parliamentary
undersecretary for arts, heritage and tourism.

Merlin Entertainments chief Nick Varney has said the next UK government must hand over
responsibility for promoting tourism to a new department, saying the Department for
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) had made it a “second-tier priority”.